Filmhouse/New Kalamata Cinema Club-MY BROTHER'S ORCHESTRA

Following the success of his film "A Triumph", which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2020 and won the Best Comedy Award from the European Film Academy, screenwriter-director Emmanuel Courcol returns with his new enjoyable film, "My Brother's Orchestra". The film follows two brothers separated by fate but reunited through music.

Thibaut (Benjamin Laverne of the Comédie Française) is an internationally renowned orchestra conductor. When he is faced with a health problem, he discovers that he is adopted and has a younger brother in the countryside, Jimmy (Pierre Lautin – A Triumph), who works in a school cafeteria and plays trombone in the local philharmonic orchestra, the pride and hope of a working-class community threatened by unemployment. The two don't seem to have much in common except their love of music, but when Thibaut realises his brother's extraordinary talent, he decides to right the wrongs of fate and help him develop his abilities.

Emmanuel Courcol, with his third film, armed with an excellent script and two great protagonists, emerges as a great master of classical storytelling who once again manages to skillfully balance comedy and drama without ever forgetting the social dimensions of his story. His story illuminates not only the glittering concert halls but also the factories of the province that are being forced to close, threatening entire communities.
My Brother's Orchestra, which broke the box office in France, is a true triumph. It is a rare example of irresistible cinema with heart and mind that its viewers will find difficult to avoid laughing and crying.

MY BROTHER'S ORCHESTRA – EN FANFARE
Comedy, Music, Drama | 13+ | 2024 | Fr | 103΄
Director: Emmanuel Courcol
Starring: Benjamin Lavernhe, Pierre Lottin, Sarah Suco
21:30 | Vista Marina Hotel| General admission is 5 euros, admission is 3 euros for the unemployed, students and families with many children, and free for under 18s.